The materials used in African straw basket weaving are essential to the process. Natural fibers such as sisal, raffia, and ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Just a few years ago, Nikia Wigfall needed only to drive to the nearby marshes to harvest the sweetgrass that she and other descendants of slaves weave into the beautiful baskets ...

ETSHA, Botswana, April 25 (UNHCR) - Tourists visiting Botswana invariably buy some of the colourful baskets on offer in crafts shops to take home as souvenirs. Little do they know that these baskets ...

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A conversational hum fills the Goongerah community hall, in the East Gippsland mountains. Loading... For one of Victoria's most remote places, it is busy. About 20 women and children sit in a circle, ...

You’ll never look at a basket the same way once you’ve woven one,” says Natalie Boyett, owner of the Chicago Weaving School in Irving Park. “When you see how things are put together, it’s like you’ve ...

When Andrea Herman discovered basket weaving at a community education class back in the ’80s, she immediately fell in love with the craft, which is thought to be as old as mankind. “I used to ...

We’ve all heard the jokes about students taking courses in “basket-weaving.” It’s not so funny when your kid’s school actually forces him to take one. My son, Kalman, just started 10th grade at ...